In a landmark ruling approved by Pope Francis, the Roman Catholic religion will now allow priests to issue blessings to same-sex couples, just so long as the blessings are not issued within the context of religious rituals or liturgies. The doctrinal shift will not, according to the Vatican, legitimize what it calls “irregular situations,” but will instead allow for the formal blessing... 

The footage capturing a massive fireball near the port of Feodosia following a suspected Storm Shadow strike has heightened tensions in the ongoing conflict between Ukraine and Russia. Kyiv has claimed responsibility for the Christmas attack, which reportedly resulted in significant damage to the Novercherkassk military vessel and casualties among both civilians and military personnel. Eyewitness... 

Shielded riot police barricaded themselves inside Belgrade’s city hall as they fired tear gas at hundreds of opposition supporters who were trying to enter the building. The demonstrators had gathered in the Serbian capital on Sunday as they called for the annulment of parliamentary and local elections which took place last weekend. International observers said the election was unfair. Some... 

Yekaterina Duntsova, a former TV journalist and critic of Russia’s war in Ukraine, has been disqualified from running against President Vladimir Putin in the upcoming presidential election. The country’s electoral commission unanimously rejected her candidacy application, citing “numerous violations” in the submitted papers. Duntsova, an independent politician advocating for... 

The World Economic Forum has been granted authorization by Pope Francis to rewrite the Holy Bible, according to a WEF insider who reveals the pope wants the new “fact-checked” version of the Bible to be far more political, with a central place for the primacy of nature, and far less about God. Pope Francis has already declared that Klaus Schwab is more important than Jesus Christ and now he is... 

Germany has signed an agreement with Lithuania to station troops in the country, leading to the first permanent foreign deployment of German troops since World War II. The agreement was announced on Monday, Dec. 18, after Lithuanian Minister of Defense Arvydas Anusauskas and his German counterpart, Boris Pistorius, met to discuss the multiyear “Roadmap Action Plan” for the permanent stationing... 

The Netherlands is about to start preparing the first delivery of US-made F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Friday following a phone call with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky. The EU nation is one of Kiev’s backers that pledged to provide it with the warplanes over the next few years, alongside Denmark, Norway, and Belgium. Zelensky claimed in August that the... 

A group of British priests, numbering around 500, affiliated with the Confraternity of Catholic Clergy, has released an open letter emphasizing the “unchangeable” nature of the teachings of the Catholic Church. This comes in response to a groundbreaking ruling approved by Pope Francis allowing priests to issue blessings to same-sex couples under specific conditions. The Vatican’s... 

The Finnish Ministry of Interior has unveiled a new policy that offers financial assistance to asylum seekers for their voluntary return to their home country. According to the ministry, asylum seekers can receive up to 5,000 euros ($5,500) if they apply for assistance within 30 days of receiving the first negative asylum decision or withdrawing their asylum application. The decree is scheduled to... 

The European Union (EU) has admitted it is urgently developing a cutting-edge “fast vaccine” in anticipation of “pandemics on the horizon” including the mysterious “Disease X” which has been included on a list of “analyzed pathogens.” At the forefront of this initiative is the innovative German-EU “Vaccelerate” program, actively developing a vaccine for the next pandemic-causing... 

At least 15 people are reported dead and many injured after a mass shooting at the University of Prague. In dramatic videos, panicked people can be seen fleeing the fire in central Prague on Thursday. The shooter, who also allegedly killed his own father, has been “eliminated,” according to Czech police. He is said to have taken his own life by jumping from the building. The police received... 

Footage circulating on social media of a 13-year-old schoolgirl being savagely beaten by a group of immigrant youths in France has sparked a police investigation into the incident. The shocking video shows an incident that occurred on Oct. 10 at around 6 p.m. in the 9th arrondissement of Lyon, according to Current Values journalist Amaury Bucco. The victim was lured out of school into the basement... 

An immigrant gang that kidnapped a 14-year-old girl, held her captive and tortured her has now been sentenced. However, one of the men – a 26-year-old African – is acquitted of aggravated rape of the girl. The girl was kidnapped on February 15 from the commuter train station in Vega in Haninge municipality. She was rescued on February 17, when the police raided an address in Skogås, south of... 

Unknown perpetrators beheaded baby Jesus and other figures in a Christmas nativity scene over the weekend in the city of Rüsselsheim. The attack featured the figures, primarily made out of Styrofoam, having their hands severed and their heads removed; some of them were also knocked over. The figures, which were displayed in the town’s market square, were found by a passerby on Sunday morning. All... 

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has sparked a debate by suggesting the possible reintroduction of compulsory military service in the country. Pistorius, in an interview with Germany’s Die Welt newspaper on Saturday, stated that the suspension of compulsory military service, which took effect on July 1, 2011, was a mistake, despite the reasons that led to its discontinuation at the time. “I’m...